diff --git a/htroot/Help.html b/htroot/Help.html
index f451243e3..524e161d7 100644
--- a/htroot/Help.html
+++ b/htroot/Help.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         This is a distributed web crawler and also a caching HTTP proxy. You are using the <em>online-interface</em> of the application. You can use this interface to configure your personal settings, proxy settings, access control and crawling properties. You can also use this interface to start crawls, send messages to other peers and monitor your index, cache status and crawling processes. Most important, you can use the search page to search either your own or the <em>global</em> index.
       </p>
       <p>
-        For more detailed information, visit the <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy">YaCy homepage</a>.
+        For more detailed information, visit the <a href="http://www.yacy.net/">YaCy homepage</a>.
       </p>
       <h3>Local and Global Search: Options and Functions</h3>
       <p>
diff --git a/htroot/Network.html b/htroot/Network.html
index da383219c..b5741d6ea 100644
--- a/htroot/Network.html
+++ b/htroot/Network.html
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
     ::
     <ul><li>You are either not in online mode or you do not use the proxy option.
     To get connection to the YaCy network, you must use the proxy by setting your browser's settings
-    ('on-demand - mode', see <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy/Installation.html#wininst">here</a>
+    ('on-demand - mode', see <a href="http://www.yacy.net/Installation.html#wininst">here</a>
     for an installation guide) or you can go online by activating the permanent online mode.
     To do this, press this button:</p>
     <form action="SettingsAck_p.html" method="get">
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 23a60c601..9a1aeacd0 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     </form>
     ::
     <form class="search small" action="yacysearch.html" method="get" accept-charset="UTF-8">
-      <p class="yacylogo"><a href="http://yacy.net/yacy/" class="yacylogo"><img src="/env/grafics/YaCyLogo_60ppi.png" alt="yacy" /></a></p>
+      <p class="yacylogo"><a href="http://yacy.net/" class="yacylogo"><img src="/env/grafics/YaCyLogo_60ppi.png" alt="yacy" /></a></p>
       <h2>#[promoteSearchPageGreeting]#</h2>
       <fieldset class="yacys">
               <input id="search" name="search" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" onclick="document.getElementById('Enter').value = 'Search'" />
diff --git a/locales/it.lng b/locales/it.lng
index 247e44f21..baa1c7fee 100644
--- a/locales/it.lng
+++ b/locales/it.lng
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Cookies==Cookies
 YaCy: Help==YaCy: Aiuto
 Help==Aiuto
 This is a distributed web crawler and also a caching HTTP proxy. You are using the <i>online-interface</i> of the application. You can use this interface to configure your personal settings, proxy settings, access control and crawling properties. You can also use this interface to start crawls, send messages to other peers and monitor your index, cache status and crawling processes. Most important, you can use the search page to search either your own or the <i>global</i> index.==YaCy &egrave; un web crawler distributio e anche un proxy HTTP. Tu stai usando <i>l'intefaccia on-line<i> dell'applicazione. Puoi usare questa interfaccia per configurare le tue preferenze personali e del proxy, controllare l'accesso e  le propriet&agrave; del crawler. Ancora pi&ugrave; importante, puoi usare la pagina del search per cercare tu stesso sul'indice <i>globale</i>.
-For more detailed information, visit the <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy">YaCy homepage</a>==Per informazioni pi&ugrave; dettagliate , visita <a href="http://www.yacy.net/yacy">YaCy Homepage</a>
+For more detailed information, visit the <a href="http://www.yacy.net/">YaCy homepage</a>==Per informazioni pi&ugrave; dettagliate , visita <a href="http://www.yacy.net/">YaCy Homepage</a>
 Local and Global Search: Options and Functions==Search locale e globale: Opzioni e Funzioni
 The proxy provides a search interface that accesses your local index, created from web pages that passed the proxy.==Il proxy fornisce una interfaccia di ricerca che accede al tuo indice locale, creato dalle pagine che passano attraverso il proxy.
 The search can also be applied globally, by searching other peers. You can use the following options to enhance your search results==Il search pu&ograve; funzionare globalmente, ricercando attraverso gli altri 'pari'. Puoi usare le seguenti opzioni per migliorare i risultati delle tue ricerche.
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index e4a74563e..09b4aacfe 100644
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ You can also use this software to set up your own search portal.
 WHERE IS THE DOCUMENTATION?
 
 The complete documentation can be found at:
-(English)  http://yacy.net/yacy
+(English)  http://yacy.net/
 (Wiki:de)  http://www.yacy-websuche.de/wiki/index.php/De:Start
 (Wiki:en)  http://www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki/index.php/En:Start
 
diff --git a/startYACY.bat b/startYACY.bat
index 216914103..f18354bed 100644
--- a/startYACY.bat
+++ b/startYACY.bat
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Echo Priority:%priority%
 
 Echo ****************** YaCy Web Crawler/Indexer ^& Search Engine ******************
 Echo **** (C) by Michael Peter Christen, usage granted under the GPL Version 2  ****
-Echo **** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/yacy ****
+Echo ****   USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/   ****
 Echo **  LOG of       YaCy: DATA/LOG/yacy00.log (and yacy^<xx^>.log)              **
 Echo **  STOP         YaCy: execute stopYACY.bat and wait some seconds            **
 Echo **  GET HELP for YaCy: see www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki and forum.yacy.de     **
diff --git a/startYACY.command b/startYACY.command
index 930125418..26725d5be 100755
--- a/startYACY.command
+++ b/startYACY.command
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cd `dirname $0`
 ./startYACY.sh &
 echo "****************** YaCy Web Crawler/Indexer & Search Engine *******************"
 echo "**** (C) by Michael Peter Christen, usage granted under the GPL Version 2  ****"
-echo "**** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/yacy ****"
+echo "****   USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/   ****"
 echo "**  LOG of       YaCy: DATA/LOG/yacy00.log (and yacy<xx>.log)                **"
 echo "**  STOP         YaCy: execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds             **"
 echo "**  GET HELP for YaCy: see www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki and forum.yacy.de     **"
diff --git a/startYACY.sh b/startYACY.sh
index 0c339b13c..9a45ecc98 100755
--- a/startYACY.sh
+++ b/startYACY.sh
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ if [ $PRINTONLY -eq 1 ];then
 else
 	echo "****************** YaCy Web Crawler/Indexer & Search Engine *******************"
 	echo "**** (C) by Michael Peter Christen, usage granted under the GPL Version 2  ****"
-	echo "**** USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/yacy ****"
+	echo "****   USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! Project home and releases: http://yacy.net/   ****"
 	echo "**  LOG of       YaCy: DATA/LOG/yacy00.log (and yacy<xx>.log)                **"
 	echo "**  STOP         YaCy: execute stopYACY.sh and wait some seconds             **"
 	echo "**  GET HELP for YaCy: see www.yacy-websearch.net/wiki and forum.yacy.de     **"
diff --git a/yacy.network.unit b/yacy.network.unit
index f9592c1f7..24d897701 100644
--- a/yacy.network.unit
+++ b/yacy.network.unit
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist0 = http://de.geocities.com/d15511z/yacy/angel/se
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist1 = http://home.arcor.de/hermens/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist2 = http://low.audioattack.de/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist3 = http://www.lulabad.de/seed.txt
-network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist4 = http://www.yacy.net/yacy/seed.txt
+network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist4 = http://www.yacy.net/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist5 = http://www.marcelhenseler.de/yacy/seed.txt
 network.unit.bootstrap.seedlist6 = http://www.dc-art.de/yacy/seed.txt
 
 # each network may use different yacy distributions.
 # the auto-updater can access network-specific update locations
-network.unit.update.location0 = http://yacy.net/yacy/Download.html
+network.unit.update.location0 = http://yacy.net/Download.html
 network.unit.update.location1 = http://latest.yacy.net
 network.unit.update.location2 = http://www.findenstattsuchen.info/YaCy/latest/index.php